Methuselah died the oldest man in history, but in the flood?

DIGEST OF BIBLICAL HISTORY

©JOB N NMADU 2001

Generation	Age of generation		Cumulative age of the world		Approximate date of the world (BC)		Remarks
	At birth	At death	At birth	At death	At birth	At death
Adam	130	930	130	930	3870	3070	Was alive until 56 years after Methuselah was born
Seth	105	912	235	1042	3765	2958
Enosh	90	905	325	1140	3675	2860
Kenan (Cainan)	70	910	395	1235	3605	2765
Mahalaleel	65	895	460	1290	3540	2710
Jared	162	962	622	1422	3378	2578
Enoch	65	365	687	987	3313	3013	Was taken by God 57 years after Adam died
Methuselah	187	969	874	1656	3126	2344	Must have died along with the flood
Lamech	182	777	1056	1651	2944	2349
Noah	502	950	1558	2006	2442	1994	Died 17 years before Abraham moved to Canaan
Flood			1656		2344
Shem	100	600	1658	2158	2342	1842
Aphachshad	35	438	1693	2096	2307	1904
Shelah	30	433	1723	2126	2277	1874
Eber	34	464	1757	2187	2243	1813
Peleg	30	239	1787	1996	2213	2004
Reu	32	239	1819	2026	2181	1974
Serug	30	230	1849	2049	2151	1951	Died a year before Abraham was born
Nahor	29	148	1878	1997	2122	2003	Died a year after Peleg died
Terah	70	205	1948	2083	2052	1917
Movement to Canaan			2023		1977
Abraham	100	175	2048	2123	1952	1877
Isaac	65	180	2113	2228	1887	1772
Jacob	n.a	n.a	n.a
Judah	n.a	n.a	n.a
Movement to Egypt			2243		1757
Exodus			2673		1327
Arrival in Canaan			2713		1287
Solomon's ascension to the throne			3189		811
Foundation of Solomon’s temple			3193		807
Command to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem					442
Jesus death at 69th week of Daniel					34.057 AD
Probable date of Jesus’ birth					1